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The Heirs of the late President Ferdinand E. Marcos vs. Presidential Commission on Good Government

THE HEIRS OF THE LATE PRESIDENT FERDINAND E. MARCOS, Petitioners, versus PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION ON GOOD GOVERNMENT, Respondent.

G.R. No. 138894 | 2006-07-20

SECOND DIVISION

D E C I S I O N 

PUNO, J.: 

This is a petition for review on certiorari filed pursuant to Rule 45 of the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure which seeks to reverse and set aside the resolution[1] of the Sandiganbayan dated February 15, 1999 which dismissed petitioners' complaint[2] in Civil Case No. 0183 for lack of jurisdiction due to their alleged failure and refusal to pay the correct amount of docket fees. 

The antecedent facts are as follows: 

On February 28, 1986, former President Corazon C. Aquino issued Executive Order No. 1 creating the respondent Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) as a...